Complete with a sinister entreaty for kids to “be good for old Ghostface,” “Ghostface X-Mas” is a killer cut that stands among the best Christmas rap songs ever. The Southern rapper ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT RAP SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY DATA BY ONLINE MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED ...

Read previous Rap Columns here. 30 ... Cash Cobain’s best songs this year (“fisherrr,” “rump punch,” “Dunk Contest” minus J. Cole) were melancholic and atmospheric, tunnelling ...

Hip-hop artists from across the country dropped boisterous, infectious songs this year: some musicians released tracks to fuel the fire in their rap beefs ... a nostalgic beat that evokes ...

Songs like the bass-heavy “Tu sae” featuring Talib Kweli and Plug 1 will take you back to the battleground where pop-locking and windmills were the weapons of choice. Arguably, it is the most ...

Elsewhere, generational talents like Playboi Carti and SahBabii contributed new sounds to the rap zeitgeist, making this year one of the most dynamic years in recent memory. These are the songs ...

Enjoy this week's list, featuring new songs from Jack Harlow ("Tranquility"), Joey Bada$$ ("The Ruler's Back"), Trippie Redd ...

THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR RAP ALBUMS, BASED ON MULTIMETRIC CONSUMPTION, BLENDING TRADITIONAL ALBUM SALES, STREAMING-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS AND TRACK-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE. Kendrick ...

Krept & Konan’s Low Vibrations pulses with the electric energy of Jersey club beats while delivering sharp ... The result is a refreshing take on feel-good rap that manages to maintain its street ...

Jean Dawson is a fountain of talent, and the fruits of his proverb have grown all the more spectacular in the five years that ...

Vince Staples gets deeply personal on Dark Times, his most introspective album since 2015’s Summertime ’06. With a slower, ...

“Not Like Us” brought in about $7.6 million, more than double the revenue of Drake’s two diss songs ... Rap Song, and with a performance lined up at the upcoming Super Bowl. The post Drake ...